I checked out the air reservoir for the suspension in the left wheel well last night. For curiosity sake, I decided to pump up the reservoir with a foot pump through the air valve on the side. While pumping, I heard air bubbling noise in the reservoir. I then pressed down on the valve pin and found some moisture coming out of it. It’s clear and felt a little oily. So, I went on to press up on the big air valve at the bottom of the reservoir to see what will happen. Nothing was released. Following that, I decided to open up the valve at the bottom by loosening the hex nut securing it to the reservoir body. Before doing it. I laid down a basin under it to catch any loose parts that might fall out after the valve is opened. As soon as the valve came loose, crud in the colour and consistency of “Thousand Island?salad dressing flowed out from the hole. Soon, the whole basin was filled up to the rim with “salad dressing?and water.

Last week, I cleared the alcohol/ anti-freeze reservoir on top of the air compressor. I found the alcohol reservoir half filled with ATF/power steering oil. The previous owner must have mistakenly filled it up with oil. ATF got pumped into the air reservoir and mixed with water in the reservoir to create the “salad dressing. I left the hole open overnight to drip out all the remaining crud. Before closing up the hole I thought of spraying water through the hole to flush out the remaining crud that ‘s stuck to the inside wall. Do you think water will do the job? Or should I use something stronger like degreaser?

- Han 69 300sel